The Chair of the Clare Vintners Federation says publicans won’t support any move to restore opening hours at pubs and restaurants to pre-pandemic levels at this point.
It comes amid calls from some within the hospitality sector for all remaining restrictions to be lifted by the end of September.
Ennis Publican Charlie O’Meara says while there’s a big push for that in the capital, publicans here don’t want it.
The National Public Health Emergency Team is understood to be giving the green light to easing the majority of restrictions in the next six weeks.
Public health officials will recommend a ‘personal responsibility’ model when it issues its advice to Government, following a meeting yesterday.
It’s thought that rising rates of vaccination will give the Government more options, as it prepares to publish an updated roadmap for reopening next week.
Representatives from the hospitality sector are calling for all remaining restrictions to be lifted by the end of September, but the Chair of the VFI in this county says that will matter more to establishments in the capital.
Charlie O’Meara says the number one priority on this side of the country is the return of bar counter service and the removal of mandatory table service.
The Ennis Publican says it too soon to restore opening hours to pre-pandemic levels.
A north Clare Restauranteur says the pandemic has provided an opportunity to change the way we socialise in this country.
Owner of the Monks Restaurant in Ballyvaughan, Patrick O’Donoghue believes now is the time to embrace change rather than revert back to what we’re used to.
